Fresh from a record Q2, storage provider EMC unveiled today its new mainframe virtual tape library (VTL)–the DLm6000.  According to the company, the DLm6000 is the “fastest mainframe VTL with 2x the performance of its nearest competitor.” EMC’s new product, which is designed for IBM z/OS environments, is the first to consolidate various mainframe tape ...

Just last week Microsoft officially signed off the release to manufacturing (RTM) build of Windows Phone 7 Mango, the latest update of the mobile platform. Along with its update comes the new voice-to-text capabilities, a feature similar to Android’s Voice Actions. It is interesting to note that the voice-to-text feature is hosted in the cloud ...

Looks like it will take more than a lawsuit and a patent court case to slow down the Android platform’s global growth. On Monday, research firm Canalys reported that Google’s mobile platform has dominated in the Asia-Pacific region, taking 48 percent of the worldwide smartphone market. Android, which is used by smartphone manufacturers like Samsung, HTC, ...

If there’s one thing that makes Facebook popular, it would be social gaming. This billion dollar industry is one of the reasons why Google invested $100 million in Zynga. And now with its own social networking space, Google will eventually offer social gaming to Google+. Slashgear earlier reported that they spotted on Google help pages ...

Fresh from his uncommon appearance at Google’s Q2 earnings call, CEO Larry Page might make another appearance—in a deposition. Oracle’s request for Page’s deposition has been approved on Thursday by Judge Donna Ryu of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, looking to tap Page regarding his knowledge of Google’s Android acquisition in 2005. “Mr. ...

Just seven months after its Series C round bringing another $13 million in funding, online document sharing company Scribd launched a new mobile application called Float. The new iPhone and web application compiles all reading materials (i.e. newspaper, magazines, blog posts, and books), into a single reading format. The app, which is free to download ...

Handset maker Sony Ericsson reported a second quarter loss of €50 million ($70.5 million) on Friday. The earthquake that hit Japan on March 11 was the main reason Sony cited for the company’s, loss as it gravely affected the supply chain. “Sony Ericsson’s second quarter profitability was affected by the March 11 earthquake in Japan. ...

VMware, a top provider of virtualization software, continues to remain in control of the server virtualization market, and is seemingly not at all worried with Gartner’s latest report. The recent assessment by Gartner puts Microsoft and Citrix in the “leader” section of the Magic Quadrant for x86 Server Virtualization Infrastructure. Citrix and Microsoft have joined ...

ClickFox, a customer experience analytics software and solutions company, announced its partnership with specialty insurance provider QBE First. The multi-year SaaS agreement will have ClickFox analyze millions of self-service interactions for the insurance company’s customer experience optimization. “At QBE FIRST, we pride ourselves on leveraging technology to improve the quality of our customer interactions,” said ...

IBM, which celebrated its 100th anniversary last month, has collaborated with Korea Electric Power Company (KEPCO) to build the Total Operations Center at the Jeju Smart Grid Test-Bed Demonstration Complex.  The complex is the largest smart grid community in the world and caters 160 companies and 11 consortia members doing smart grid research and testing. “Operating ...